Ornithology
Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. It includes observations on the structure and classification of birds, and on their habits, song and flight.
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Regional associations and societies
Europe
United Kingdom
National associations and societies
Asia
India
- Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS): Located at Mumbai (formerly Bombay), it is the largest and oldest non-government Organization in the area of natural history in the Indian subcontinent. Visit http://www.bnhs.org
- Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) Located near Coimbatore.
- Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. The government department meant to document and study the fauna of India.
Japan
- The Ornithological Society of Japan (OSJ) - [1]
- Wild Bird Society of Japan (WBSJ) - [2]
- Japanese Society for Preservation of Birds (JSPB) - [3]
- Yamashina Institute for Ornithology - [4]
Europe
Estonia
- Estonian Ornithological Society - [5]
Ireland
Lithuania
- Lithuanian Ornithological Society - [6]
Slovenia
- Society for Observation and Study of Birds of Slovenia (Društvo za opazovanje in proučevanje ptic Slovenije) (DOPPS)
United Kingdom
- British Ornithologists' Club
- British Ornithologists' Union
- British Trust for Ornithology (BTO)
- The British Birds Rarities Committee
- The Rare Birds Breeding Panel (RBBP)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)
North America
Canada
- Bird Studies Canada
USA
- American Birding Association
- American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
- Association of Field Ornithologists
- Cooper Ornithological Society
- National Audubon Society
- Wilson Ornithological Society
Oceania
New Zealand
Publications and magazines
- Acrocephalus, DOPPS (Slovenia)
- Ardeola, Sociedad Española de Ornitología (Spain) - [7]
- Audubon Magazine (USA) - [8]
- The Auk, American Ornithologists' Union (USA) - Post-1999 volumes [9]; complete volumes 1-116 (1884-1999) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA [10]
- BirdingASIA (formerly OBC Bulletin), Oriental Bird Club - [11], OBC Bulletin [12]
- Bird Study (UK) - [13]
- British Birds (UK)
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club (UK) - [14]
- The Condor, Cooper Ornithological Society (USA) - Post-2000 volumes [15]; complete volumes 1-102 (1899-2000) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA [16]
- 'Elepaio, Hawaii Audubon Society (USA) - Free full-text access to last 2 volumes [17]
- The Emu, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (Australia) - [18]
- Forktail, Oriental Bird Club - [19]
- Hirundo (Estonia) - [20]
- Ibis, British Ornithologists Union (UK) - [21]
- Irish Birds (Ireland)
- The Journal of Field Ornithology, Association of Field Ornithologists (USA) - Complete volumes 51-70 (1980-1999) and precedessor publication Bird-Banding as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA [22]
- Japanese Journal of Ornithology (Japan) - [23]
- Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (Japan) - [24]
- Kukila (Bulletin of the Indonesian Ornithological Society) - [25]
- Marine Ornithology - Free full-text access to volumes 16 and later (1988-present) [26]
- Ostrich (South Africa)
- Ornithos (France) - [27]
- Revista Ornitología Colombiana, ACO (Colombia) - Free full-text access [28]
- Te Manu, Société d'Ornithologie de Polynésie - Free back issues [29]
- The Wilson Bulletin, Wilson Ornithological Society (USA) - Complete volumes 1-111 (1889-1999) as free DjVu and PDF files at SORA [30]
People
See List of famous ornithologists
See Also
- Bird observatory
- Bird ringing
- Bird migration
- Birdwatching
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Drift migration
- Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology
- Naturalist
- Timeline of ornithology
- Important publications in ornithology
Other Meanings
- "Ornithology" is also the name of a song by jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, who was known as "Bird".